Jaipur. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday took a major action against the corruption prevalent in the Transport Department and conducted a simultaneous surprise check at eleven locations of departmental officers, employees and private brokers in Jaipur, Beawar, Nasirabad, Vijaynagar, Kekri, Kishangarh and Ajmer.
In the action, important documents, mobile phones and digital evidence related to illegal recovery have been recovered. ACB Police Director General Govind Gupta said that the Bureau had received confidential information that some officers and employees of the Transport Department, in collusion with private brokers, were making illegal recovery of Rs 600 to 1000 per vehicle from vehicles passing through various highways.
Investigation revealed that this amount was being taken in exchange for not taking action against vehicles found overloaded and having deficiencies. After verification of the information, 12 teams were formed and raids were conducted under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police, ACB Jaipur, Anil Kayal.
During the investigation, a large number of suspicious documents, digital data from mobile phones, CCTV DVR and diaries were recovered. Evidence of illegal extortion through hotels, dhabas and private establishments has also been found.
According to ACB, after getting entry from the drivers through systems like mobile messaging, digital payment and call centre, the vehicle numbers were sent to the concerned RTO team. So that bribe transactions can happen easily.
In this action, a total of 13 people including the transport inspector, his personal assistant, broker and dhaba operators have been detained for further action. During the investigation, Rs 1.16 lakh cash, 19 mobile phones, 4 CCTV DVRs and 12 suspicious diaries were seized. In which accounts of transactions worth lakhs of rupees are recorded.
ACB said that interrogation of the accused and examination of documents is going on. After a thorough investigation into the aspects related to corruption, illegal recovery and irregularities in government work, strict action will be taken against the culprits as per law.
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